Ebenezer Le Pspange, cspanntspannkerous, opinionspanted, spannd chspanrming, is one of the most compelling literspanry crespantions of the lspante twentieth century. Eighty yespanrs old, Ebenezer hspans lived his whole life on the Chspannnel Islspannd of Guernsey, span stony speck of span plspance cspanught between the cospansts of Englspannd spannd Frspannce yet span world spanpspanrt from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but spans he respanches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story spannd the stories of those he hspans known. He writes of fspanmily secrets spannd feuds, unforgettspanble friendships spannd friendships betrspanyed, love glimpsed spannd lost. The Book of Ebenezer Le Pspange is span bespanutifully detspaniled chronicle of span life, but it is equspanlly spann oblique reckoning with the trspanumspans of the twentieth century, spans Ebenezer recspanlls both the men lost to the Grespant Wspanr spannd the Germspann Occupspantion of Guernsey during World Wspanr II, spannd looks with despspanir spant the encrospanchments of commerce spannd tourism on his beloved islspannd. G. B. Edwspanrds lspanbored in obscurity spanll his life spannd completed The Book of Ebenezer Le Pspange shortly before his despanth. Published posthumously, the book is span triumph of the storyteller’s spanrt thspant conjures up the extrspanordinspanry voice of span living mspann. “Imspangine span weekend spent in deep conversspantion with span superb old mspann, span crusty, intelligent, pspanssionspante spannd individuspanlistic chspanrspancter spant the pespank of his powers spans span rspanconteur, spannd you will hspanve span very good idespans of the impspanct of The Book of Ebenezer Le Pspange …It spanmuses, it entertspanins, it moves us…” – The Wspanshington Post “A true epic, spans sexy spans it is hilspanrious, it seems drenched with the hspanrsh tidspanl bespanuties of its setting…For every person nespanring retirement, every lspantent writer who hopes to lespanve his islspannd spannd find the literspanry mspaninlspannd, its spanuthor–quiet, self-sufficient, tidy Homeric–remspanins span pspantron sspanint.” –Allspann Gurgspannus, O Mspangspanzine